News archive from 14 May 2013

LOS ANGELES Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85.
Brothers died...

What was in the air of America, figuratively speaking, in the late 1990s?
Film director Darren Aronofsky debuted with &#x93;Pi,&#x94; about a man driven mad by his belief that everything in nature can be understood through numbers. Sylvia...

Homer Glen planners are recommending the village ease up on some regulations for business signage.
"Everyone has voiced an opinion that we need to loosen this thing up to make it much more business friendly," said Don Mitchell, a member of...

LOS ANGELES  Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85.
Brothers died...

A South Bronx charter school founded by a former city councilwoman replaced its city-issued toxic lighting fixtures by itself — rather than waiting for a Department of Education retrofit for the public schools in the same building this summer, the...

WASHINGTON -- Political Washington reacted with bipartisan outrage Monday to reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative organizations applying for special tax-exempt status &#x2013; though questions have been raised about...

PHILADELPHIA - Morsels of information have been leaking out of the NovaCare Complex since Chip Kelly held his first Eagles practices, which were closed to the media.
Running back LeSean McCoy said the first three-day minicamp last month felt like a...

The future quarterback class at the University of Miami just expanded &#x2013; that is, if Hialeah High's Alin Edouard doesn't back out of the oral pledge he made in February to play for UM, his &#x201C;dream school&#x201D; that he...

(Reuters) - Medical device maker C.R. Bard Inc will pay about $48.3 million to resolve allegations it made illegal payments to hospitals and physicians to entice them to buy its radiation treatment for prostate cancer, the Justice Department said.
The...

Reality singing competitions have been very good to Ryan Seacrest, so it's no surprise that the longtime host of "American Idol" is seeking to produce another one for the ever-growing Spanish-speaking market on Telemundo.
The new series,...

Here are some frequently asked questions, and answers regarding Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr's 45-day report to the state and the status of the city under his leadership.
Question: Can the emergency manager sell city assets to satisfy...

Homer Glen planners are recommending the village ease up on some regulations for business signage.
"Everyone has voiced an opinion that we need to loosen this thing up to make it much more business friendly," said Don Mitchell, a member of...

Joakim Noah typically follows the same pattern when individual honors are concerned, which on Monday brought the Bulls' first All-Defensive first-team member since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen for the 1997-98 season.
He first downplays it. Then...

Tallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the allusion has become quite literal.
It's as if our state legislators have come to regard little school kids as high-value commodities to be doled...

Dr. Joyce Brothers, a psychologist who became a pop-culture fixture after she turned to radio and television in the late 1950s to tend to the nation's psyche, has died. She was 85.
Brothers died Monday in New York City, publicist Sanford Brokaw told...